Ivy Central

APRIL 24, 2023

Application Components: Complete the Common App School Report Counselor Recommendation Official High School Transcript: This should include your midyear Report after your first term of senior year Standardized Test Scores: Occidental is test optional. Occidental College’s first-year retention rate is 82%.

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Ivy Central

MAY 5, 2023

Hamilton College’s first-year retention rate is 93%. Standardized Test Scores: Hamilton College is test optional. The accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1440 and an ACT score of more than 33. Hamilton College has 7% international students. The 4-year graduation rate is 87%.

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Ivy Central

JUNE 13, 2023

Four-Year Completion Rate Williams College has a high retention rate of 90%. Students who choose to submit their scores have an SAT score between 1490–1550 or an ACT score of 34–35. Student Cohort Size Williams College has a total student population of 2,307 with 2,251 undergraduate students and 56 graduate students.

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Ivy Central

MAY 13, 2023

Vanderbilt University’s first-year retention rate is 97%. The accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1510 and an ACT score of more than 34. Student Cohort Vanderbilt University has a total student population of 13,710 students including 7,151 undergraduate students and 6,559 graduate students.

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Ivy Central

MAY 2, 2023

Harvey Mudd College’s first-year retention rate is 97 %. Standardized Test Scores: Harvey Mudd College is test optional. However, the accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1480 and an ACT score of more than 34. The admitted students represent 32 states and 17 countries.

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Ivy Central

APRIL 29, 2023

Claremont McKenna College’s first-year retention rate is 96%. Standardized Test Scores: Claremont McKenna College is test optional. However, the accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1500 and an ACT score of more than 34. The 6-year graduation rate is 91%.

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Top Tier Admissions

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This morning, Dartmouth College announced that they are reactivating the standardized testing requirement for undergraduate admission, effective with the Class of 2029. Test scores are more reliable than high school grades, partly because of grade inflation in recent years.”

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Ivy Central

MAY 5, 2023

William & Mary’s first-year retention rate is 95%. Standardized Test Scores: The test scores are completely optional. 34% of the class of 2026 applied test-optional. The average ACT score for the class of 2026 was more than 32. William & Mary has 4% international students.

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Ivy Central

MAY 3, 2023

Pitzer College’s first-year retention rate is 93%. Standardized Test Scores: Pitzer College is test optional. of students submitted their test scores. The accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1340 and an ACT score of more than 30. The admitted students represent 43 states and 28 countries.

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BestColleges

MARCH 6, 2023

Students who do not submit ACT and SAT scores will not be at a disadvantage. Testing policies remain the same for students who wish to submit scores. William & Mary found similarities in retention and GPA from students who submit tests and those who don't.

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HelloCollege

JULY 12, 2023

We all know that standardized test scores and grades are both important metrics that colleges use during the college admissions process. In this blog, we’ll explore if whether grades or test scores are a better predictor of college success. Standardized tests are definitely more uniform in their methods of grading.

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Princeton College Consulting

JUNE 6, 2023

Shutting down is problematic because it impedes the reinforcement process required for retention. Standardized Test Preparation: While many colleges are test optional, some are reverting back to requiring students to submit an SAT or ACT. First of all, this is not a formula for success and retention of information.

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Educated Quest

MAY 12, 2024

Forbes used these criteria to rank their schools: High standardized test scores-as supplied by at least half of all 2022 applicants. The writer considered test scores to be an objective measure of success. And some bullet points about the importance of testing at the schools on Forbes list.

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Top Tier Admissions

DECEMBER 19, 2023

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Shemmassian Academic Consulting

MARCH 28, 2023

Do UC schools require standardized tests? No, UC schools do not require applicants to take standardized tests. However, in November 2021, the University of California announced that it would go test-free for the foreseeable future.

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Tex Admissions

MARCH 21, 2022

I also anticipate test-optinal playing a role in straight A students who attend private or early college high schools with small (less than 100) graduating classes where it’s more difficult to rank highly. If you’re outside of the top 6%, I suggest submitting your SAT/ACT if it’s higher than 28 or 1350. Louis, and Yale.

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Educated Quest

OCTOBER 20, 2022

I touch on test-optional admissions in my new book, The Good College. Standardized test scores are one of several data points in college admissions, even at test-optional schools. The percentages of incoming freshmen who submitted ACT or SAT sores is item number C9. It did help to apply ED to Union.

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BestColleges

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Our Methodology High Retention Rate 92% Admission Rate 58% Students Enrolled 5,177 Institution Type Private Percent Online Enrollment 100% Percentage of all students who are enrolled online. Then we compared that amount against school costs and financial aid opportunities.

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College Essay Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Postsecondary Outcomes Do you have any SAT and/or ACT data to share about your students? What about another state-based standardized test (such as Regents in New York)? If not, can you provide information around GPA distribution among your most recent graduating class?

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Ivy Central

APRIL 27, 2023

Standardized Test Scores: Pomona College is test optional. However, the accepted students had an SAT score of more than 1400 and an ACT score of more than 34. Pomona College’s first-year retention rate is 97%. This means that 97% first-year students continue their education for their sophomore year and beyond.

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Ivy Central

MAY 8, 2023

Wellesley’s first-year retention rate is 92%. Standardized Test Scores: Wellesley College has temporarily suspended its standardized test requirement for a four-year period of review. The admitted class of 2027 is represented by 46 states and 33 countries. The 4-year graduation rate is 84%.

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BestColleges

MAY 10, 2023

AI has implications for admissions, student retention, teaching and learning, the curriculum, and administrative efficiency. Some have been singular events: the Industrial Revolution, the Morrill Act, the Great Depression and the Great Recession, wars, the GI Bill, the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IX, the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Educated Quest

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Freshman retention has never gone below 95 percent over the past two decades. UNC-Chapel Hill has considered standardized test scores to be very important, even during the pandemic when admissions became test optional. I found the ACT range for the previous cycle, which was 29-33. Those who can get in want to stay.

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